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Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
EVILS TO BE AVOIDED.

If a lady goes home and tells her husband
that she lost her pocketbook in such and such
a store, her lord and master is ready to swear
that some thieving clerk has stolen it and
forbids her dealing there any more. Again,
# q lady is arrested by mistake and sub
jected to the indignity Of being searched, the
chances are ten to one that the newspapers
pitch into us and a suit for damages is begun
by the injured lady. All her friends take
their trade to some other house. Now, tho
relief that is proposed Is this: An association
of all the principal retailers Of dry goods is to
be formed and an independent detective
agency organized. There will be a central
office for our detectives, where will be kept
the pictures of all shoplifters and crooks, not
only of this city, but OF all others throughout
the country There will also 10 ON hlo list
Of the arrests of shopifters for ten years past,
with brief sketch Of the criminals. At the
bead Of our detective agency will be an in
spector, and we intend getting the best man
Ill the business
The detectives will he changed from one
store to another each week. and In this way
they win become familiar with the regular
customers Of dry goods stores and there will
be less chance for mistakes, There will be
,olnething else done besides watching tho
counters and customers will not miss their
purses so often. l do not see how such a sys-
tenn can fail to result in big improvement
over the present detective service in the
stores Take any large public demonstration
where a score OF pickpockets mix III the
throng, and you will find that tho inspectors
of polio, ara there with their Hlen, and that il
n hand is SLIPPED into some one else's pocket
the intruder is nabbed in an instant You
never hear Of the wrong man being arrested,
simply because the inspectors and their de-
;cctiyes know how TO work III venture to
say that when Central Office detective really
means to act on the square be can do more
good work than any five private detectives.
II Is high time the men engaged In our bust
ness realized the situation. The plan l have
proposed would cost less to all Of US, and
every one would be better pleased We have
had it under consideration for several weeks,
and have no doubt that it will be effected
without further delay."-New York Mail
and Express
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
Organized Charity in Chicago.

The Provident wood yard is an institution
for the confusion and discontinue of tramps
1t is in Charge Of stony hearted young fell
low named McAuiff 1t is under the direc-
ton o. The Charity Organization society, and
Is self-supporting. When tramp asks a
charity organizer for help the charity or
ganizer refers him TO the central Office and
the central Office sends him to the Provident
wood yard. When he gets there Mr.. Nc
Aulif helps him to u bucksaw and few
large bundles of wood and shows him how to
saw for a living The tramp saws may be
half an hour, and then goes or a strike, ours
ing charity organizations and monopolies in
general and the man who invented buck
saw IN particular. But if he sticks to work
for two hours or SO, until he has one-sixth Of
a cord of wood sawed into kindling he earns
Il ticket which is good for q 10 cent meal or a
10 cent lodging. Then, when he has walked
two miles or so TO the eating house and gorged
himself on what bis ticket calls for he has
received "a good practical lesson in the virtue
and reward of honest toiL-Chicago Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
Dinners in Large Cities.

Dinners in New York, in London in Wash
ington, in Philadelphia, in perhaps all large
cities, are conducted on debt paying prin-
ciples, and therefore they grow very dull.
Not that people desire indecorous pleasure,
but they get bored to death by gilded and
overburdened splendor. Almost all hard
working men in America are dyspeptic and
only look Mt their hands during the three or
four last courses. Two people are brought
together, perhaps, who have never met be-
fore They have positively no subject In
common To relieve this awkward moment,
to raise the dull, depressing cloud which set
ties over the jaded senses, what better that an
ingenious dinner card, with quotation from
Shakespeare or q few lines Of original poetryl
Here at least is an opening wedge, a text, q
beginning, q subject OF common interest 1t
is worth a world to an anxious hostess To
see her guests thus amused, introduced, and
put at their ease at once is worth much
uloncv.-Mrs John Sherwood i'll New York
World
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
Queer Funeral of an Epicurean.

a funeral OF an extraordinary character.
took place in Yorkshire, when Mr.. j. s
Broderick, a well known follower of Epicurus,
of Halves, in North Yorkshire, was buried.
The interment took place in the deceased gen.
teman's own lani at Spring End, on the top
of hill. Sir. Broderick, who believed in the
TRANSPORTATION of souls, had directed that no
minister OF religion should attend his burial,
and that no religious ceremony of any kind
should he performed over his remains The
funeral therefore, was almost of unique
description The procession had to pass over
Stagefell, one of the spurs of the Pennine
range, and rs the road was blocked in places
over twelve feet deep with snow drifts the
mourners had a most difficult task The i'm
mediate place of sepulchre was very rocky.
1t had been chosen by the deceased gentle
man, and blasting operations had to be car
ried on during the whole of two days to COM
plete the grave. which is nearly twenty feet
below the surface. Mall Gazette.
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
Acting Under Trying Circumstances.

Denman Thompson, the well known hui
morous actor, performed In Philadelphia one
evening under most trying circumstances.
He had been greatly worried over tho news
af the illness of his much beloved little Swear.
old granddaughter in New York city, but a
telegram in the afternoon brought tidings Of
her improvement After the curtain was
about to rise, however, later message an
nouncing the child's death was handed to
him and almost Frustrated him with grief.
Speaking Of it, with tears in his eyes, Mr..
Thompson said: "The curtain was rising, the
audience whiting, and with a heart heavy
with grief l hid my sorrow, acted my part,
and the audience never knew what that
nights work cost me. There are times when
an actor has to act III more senses than one.
His audience must be satisfied. His sorrows
are his own, not theirs. A good actor can
dlssimulate under any circumstances got
my first lesson years ago. when my boy lay
lay dead at home and WAS feigning hilsrity
on the stage. New Orleans Times Demo
grat
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
THE SEWERS OF PARIS.
A Pleasure Trip Under tho Streets of the
Gay Metropolis.


Gay Metropolis.
Excursions under Paris form one of the
features in the movement for the benefit Of
the sufferers from the recent foods in France,
and the gorgeous sewers are literally patron
lied by the fashionable world. A reporter
Of The Gil Bias gives this description:
awe started from the Place Chatelet at
o'clock ami descended little winding stair
case, the steps and walls Of which were COW
cred with green cloth fringed by red bor-
der. There is not the slightest danger of soil
ing your clothes or of encountering the
slightest disagreeable odor On arriving at
the foot Of the stairs fine display Of fruits
and vegetables was the first thing to greet
our eyes. These products were from Genne-
villiers, and were grown in gardens that are
watered by the sewers We got into a
wagon, in which were seats for twenty per-
sons. Off we went, showed along by solid
looking fellows, all neatly dressed. Above
us was mass of tubes and pipes. They are
the water pipes, the two largest containing
our drinking water from the Vauner and
the water Of the Ourcq, which is used for
washing the streets and sidewalks Then
there are the pneumatic tubes, in which we
can hear the rattle of the dispatch boxes as
they shoot along
Suddenly we heard the passengers in the
wagon ahead of us uttering cries of admira-
ton. We were under the Rue de Rivol, but
soon we reached the crossing Of the Rue du
Pont Neuf. This tunnel is lighted from end
to end with garlands of colored lamps The
effect is fairylile. The same effect is repro
duced under the Rue du Louvre, the Rue de
Richelieu and the Place DIES Pyramides, where
precisely under the statue Of Joan of Arc ap-
pear in luminous glass the arms of the city of
Paris. We passed along, still following the
Rue de Rivoli, where each house has its num-
Der In the sewer just as in the street, until we
reached the Place de la Concorde. There the
electric lights, crossing their fires with the re-
Elections Of the Venetian lamps. turn the
square into a sort of ball room. Nothing is
wanting, not even the music. We all got out
of the wagons to embark in large boats fur
nished with cushioned seats. The music was
Il. the first boat, which was decorated with
flags and lamps. The boats were started
We followed the entire route of the Rue
Royale by the light of fifty dazzling electric
lights.
After quarter of an hour in this boat we
landed at the foot of u staircase, which we
mounted, and in three minutes we were
above ground at La Madeleine 1t is much
colder IN the streets than it was in the sew
ers, where the temperature, summer and
winter, is always uniformly pleasant. New
York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
A Pr,1e for an Answer.

The Berlin Weekly Echo offers prize Of
twenty marks for the ,briefes, and wittiese
answer to the following conundrun: Ayoun.
spendthrift who is able to borrow money only
because his afianced has promised 20 pay his
debts after the wedding, falls into river to-
gether with her before the wedding has taken
place, and both are on the point OF being
drowneo a misery creditor Of the young
man happens to pass, jumps into the water
and ssves-whom and wbyi
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
Dailn - eagle
SNOWfiAKES.

Where do they go,
me melting flakes Of the bright, white movf
aney 60 to nonrish the April showers;
1ney 90 to foster the Maytime flowers;
"nere the roots Of the hidden grasses grow,
There do they go
How do they gor
Drop after drop, In q silent flow,
When the warm rain falls, and the winds are
loud
And the swallow sings in the rift Of the cloud,
Through the frozen veins Of the earth below
They softly go.
Why do they gof
because Dame Nature will have 1t sol
More than this, truly, cannot tell:
lam neither seer nor an oraclel
When all is answered. 1 only know.
That they come and go.
Kate Putnam Osgood.
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
A Rather Remn, kable Family.

The Howe family recently held reunion
at Lansing, Mich There were present nine
brothers, whose ages ranged from z to 81,
and combined footed up 521 years Their
total weight was !, A pounds, being an aver
age Of l6oL. The most remarkable thing
about the reunion was that it was the frs:
time that the nine brothers had ever all been
together. Their parents, who were over %
VIXEN they died, had never seen oil the boyu
together -Chicaco Tribuua
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
The Coast of New Jersey.

The Atlantic coast OF New Jersey is ninety
miles long, and a generation ago was a bar
ren waste OF sand and scrub oak Then the
property, where are now thriving hanilets
and prosperous seaside resorts was valued at
less than 3, o.Co9; to-day the same property
is assessed for taxation az upward Of $780,
900 0o1.-Doston Transcript
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
The Ears of Criminals.

The president OF the Berlin police calls at
tention 10 the advantages accruing to police
authorities everywhere by taking profile pho
tograplIs OF criminals which viii distinctly
show the left ear lie says that while the
features OF the face change il the course OF
time. the car retains its shape forever. and
Furthermore, there aae no Two persons whose
ears are technically formed Boston Trans
cript.
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
A Feline Music Critic.

A noted singer Of Paris once had a cat
possessed OF such ON ability to detect must
cal imperfection, that she never sung a piece
in public until she bad sung it to puss, con.
tident that she would please an audience II
her rendition was satisfactory to the cat
Cosmopolitan.
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
THE SHOPLIFTERS.
NEW Works BIG DRY GOODS HOUSES
ORGANIZING AGAINST THEM.

Tho Great Need OF = General Detective
Bureau-Mista!ses Made by Amateur
Detectives Evils 70 DO Avoided
Plan Of Operations.
Storekeepers on the principal shopping
tho!ouyhfares arc talking of forming pro
tee.tige agency against the swarm of pick
POETS and shoplifters who have reaped a
ri n harvest during the busy seasons for
several years past Each year they seem to
grow more numerous and expert, and oil.
! tlio,1cl. one or two arrests are made daily,
| hu,rir,-is Of these "crooks" boldly pursue
their vocation without fear Of detection A
| Junior member Of one of the largest retail
dr. goods houses on Fourteenth street COM
pl2ired to a reporter the other day Of the
lacl; of police protection afforded store
| keepers
| During the holiday season." he said, de
tectives are employed in all the large stores
| This is done by the proprietors more for their
own protection than that Of their customers
Customers are supposed to take care Of them
selves aud their property. For the most part
the detectives are hired from private detec-
tive agencies While they are conscientious
in tine discharge OF their duty, they generally
lack a knowledge Of their business In the
first place they know by sight only few Of
the notorious thieves ANY smart slioplifter
ran pick out detective after sauntering
around a store once The private detective
usually is too o1lcious, and if lady happens
to pick up lace collar or piece Of silk for
examination, Mr.. Detective is at her elbow in
a moment. and any one can see that the lady
is being watched Quite often arrests are
made by mistake, and this is brought about
solely on account of the detectives ignorance
of the people he is dealing with
1t is a rare thing for Central Office detec-
tive TO make any such blunder. Unlike the
private detective, be generally knows every
shoplifter in the city, and a customer who is
careless enough to carry lace collar or pair
Of gloves away from one Of the counters to
wards the door, not to steal the article, but
simply to see how it looks in daylight would
not be grabbed by the arm and hurried off to
the station house, But we cannot get the de-
tectve sergeants from Inspector Byrnes'
office to perambulate our stores all day, and
we have 20 employ private detectives. OF
course, do not mean to be understood that
none of these men are competent Many Of
them are, but the supply Of competent ones is
not sufficient and never will he. In few
stores one or two smart clerks are used as de-
tectives, but they do not fill the bill. The re-
suit of all this is a great loss to Us 1t is not
50 much what Is stolen from the counters but
it is the loss to customers of their pocketbooks
md very often the hasty arrests by the detec-
tiveA In this we have lost number of good
IiStomerH
Wichita eagle., 1887-05-03
J. P. ALLEN,
-DRUGGIST-
Everything Kept in a first-Class
Drugstore.
Wichita, Kan.

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ing nom chronic, sirbh~rn aid Oar gel disesse
with every hop o. the same success th-t has Away
crowned Els s5orts IN the pest Their, pruvrs him
self worthy the confidence and pasronaS~of the SUI
serfng sick In " ichira and vicinity
The doctor speciality ID Scsenrike Magnetic Trea,
ment for such cases a. arv found tnccrsbls By ID.
vsrtous methods az medical treatment He rs,
demonstrates by thousands az r~nsrkshie cures tbs
Great superiority at Magnetic TresfDoat he b
qualified TO s1ve Il over any and al sysss 81 drus
meditation
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astonfshins Magnetic gov together VII, d thor
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mens oS tie proSreuAi<e "a Roas peter r~rs.6ie-
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General N. d. Manson, the hero ol
two wars, and the idol OF the soldiery OF
Indiana = . man OF affairs. whom the De;
mocracy love 20 honor--as honest as the
sun and ss brave o. = lion.
Hon. Robert +. Bell, an ex- State Sen.
'afor from Allen county ddroit, polished,
ami consummase diplomat
Hon w. 8. Holman. 'the watch dog
o. the treasury" whose name ID house
hold word ell over the Union. One OF
the most conspicuous members OF Con.
gress-thc enemy Of frauds, sharns, and
jobs-the Cincinnatus Of the Ho0sier
State and man Of national reputation.
Hon. A. z Downey, an able jurisi, al
ex-Surrem Judge, and . man OF re-
marksble ability.
Hon. Joseph z. Mcdonald, an ex-
United States Senator and big enough
for President Of the United States. A
man beloved and honored wherever the
name Of Democracy is known.
Hon. w. II. Myers, ex-Represen entstite
In Congress and ex-Secretsry Of State.
A man OF fine social qualities with fine
record as soldier and civilian.
Hon. w. D. Bynum. . Representative
in Congress, big. brainy, young Den-
ocrat--one Of the ablest Of the younger
crop Of Democrats in the State.
Hon. Z. l.. Jewett. ex-Speaker Of the
Lower House Of the General Assembly,
. fine parliamentarisn; an eloquent
orator, and one Of the most brilliant
young men in the State.
Doubtless other names have been
mentioned of whom we have not heard.
All Of the above have been mentioned In
connection with the Governorsliip sny
one Of whom could win success.
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The Books stolen from the state
Omces.

Inc BOOKS stolen from TIC state
/ Omces.
indianapolis Sentinel.
/ A visit TO The Indiana Paper Company
yesterday disclosed the TACT that the
books stolen from the State archives ere
being held for orders from Secretary OF
State Griffin. For reasons best known
to himself that official has not yet given
been reminded from day to day BY the
Sentinel that lie should take action and
speedily or the matter would pass out OF
his hands.
II appears that kindergarten Grim
has been taking considerably about
town In regard to the affair and has en-
ldeavored to make out that there was
absolutely nothing in the case. Why,
then, did he cause . night watchmsn 10
be placed on duty TO discover who II
was that had been making away with the
books? Did the discovery that The thiel
was not located TAR away from his own
Office cause halt In the Investigation
IL il possible that BIO has charged his
mind as to the cxtef:i OF the steal simply
because II was "all In the family -
"What do You know about the book
steal BY this time - asked Sentinel re-
porter Of Auditor Bruce Carr.
mot great deal. II seems TO be 3
hard thing to sin. Attorney General
Michner and myself spent half day on
it Monday, but found out little. 1 think.
though. s:sat much OF the stuff that was
sold was : lot Of old papers and books
that were Of no account"
did yoh give any body any authority
TO cell any books at al ?"
mo, cir, / never did"
There were some valuable books
stolen, we're there not ~
"Yes, cir. Those United States laws
are vaIusble. am In favor Of punish
ing whoever took them 10 the fullest ex-
ten: Of the law
"Is 4 not about settled who took
themY
"weIl, no. called on Smith, the Junk
dealer, and took Dixon, the jauitor with
me, and ! asked Smith who sold him
those particular books, and told him TO-
be careful TO tell the truth, He said he
was unable 10 say whether be got them
from Jones or Dixon
But yOu are satisfied that the State
has been robbed, and that somebody
should be punished for it?v
"Yes, cir. Think there ID no doubt
about that, and am willing 70 do al I
can % detect the thief"
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Work on the Huniineburg, Tell Cry
and Cannclton railroad Il 90 far ad-
vanced that the oficers are confident
that they will have the cars running
over the entire line BY Christmas. This
is : branch Of the AIRLINE road and will
prove valuable feeder 70 that road.
The best coal IN Southern Indiana is
abundsnt along nearly the entire line
between Tell City and Lincoln. and this
coal viii be 10 constant demand q good
prices. A Ledger
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Our Governor il being spoken Of q (
candidate for Vice. President. He would
Oil that or the Presidency with honor td
himself and creditto the people Is Be bet
the GubenatoriaI chair or Indians. We
consider that he i The peer of aEy man III
Of his party. even to thc gin ofthe highest
ofIice IN this Nation. But we are con-
vinced that the Governor does not need
onr praise. We will wait until he eivet
the word, for We know he can take csrcI
or Gray Orleans Democrat.